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Im against it. In R.S in school we watched a film called 'Let him have it' and the film is a true story (google Derik Bently to find out the jist of the story) and I would be absolutly terrified that something like that could happen again.

Also, people try to commit suicide in prision - it would therefore appear that some people would rather be dead than in prison. Therefore the death penaty is the nice way out for murders.

There is a lower murder rate in countries that dont have capital punishment than those that do. So the Death Penalty doesnt even work as a detterant.

Sarah x

gothsweetheart wrote:
yes. I''d feel more comfortable knowing the person who killed my relative couldn''t do that to anyone else.

Yes, I agree to if you went and killed and took somebody else’s life you should have the same fait. unless it was just war. (self defense)

depends, BTK needed to die, so in his case yes.

asmi wrote:

Date: 4/7/2008 12:57:57 AM Author: gothsweetheart yes. I''d feel more comfortable knowing the person who killed my relative couldn''t do that to anyone else.

 Ur rite i agree with u.

i agree.

roxieonline247 wrote:

It depends on the crime comitted  by the criminal for example if the person changed his/her mind to kill the person  but the other people that he/she knew killed the person but he/she gets death penalty for not calling the police and knowing that they were killing the person than yes I am against it.

well that was a convoluted post if i ever saw one. so you're saying if someone plots with others to kill a person, but backs out at the last minute, they shouldn't be given the death penalty? i don't think that would happen. that's accessory to murder, not actual murder. you would get life at most for that.